An album relating to the career of Admiral Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson

Beta

Back to Search Results

An image showing 'Poster- HMS Monmouth Variety Party. ALB0010.'

An image showing 'A port quarter view of HMS Ariadne (1898), a First Class protected Cruiser, with the coaling hulk C470 (ex HMS Shah, 1873) along her port side at Bermuda. The photograph has been taken from one the ship's boats as it is leaving the Ariadne. From ALB0010.'

An image showing 'A posed group photograph of five women and one man standing, with three women seated on the ground in front of seven baskets of fruit. The clothes are mainly European in style with an indigenous twist. From ALB0010.'

An image showing 'A view of the rugby match between the Royal Navy and the Wanderers Ameteur Athletics Club at Halifax. The caption states that 'Warder kicking at goal for the Navy,' however, no person of that name features in the Navy List for 1904, nor on the ships that were on the Station. There is a Lt. Wardle who served on board Ariadne (1898) during this commission from 1903. From ALB0010.'

An image showing 'Dr Robert H Mornement (back left) with Dr Thomas T Jeans (back right) and Lt. Thomas E Wardle (front right) watching Lt. Leonard A. B. Donaldson feeding a Venezuelan deer on the upper deck of HMS Ariande (1898), a First Class protected Cruiser. The photographer was standing on the starboard side just aft of the funnels, facing forwards. In the background can be seen the Boat Hoist mechanism. From ALB0010.'

An image showing 'A view taken from the port side of the upper deck of HMS Monmouth [?] (1901), a First Class protected Cruiser, looking down at the accommodation ladder. A large group of local people are crowding at the bottom half of the ladder having disembarked from the sampans alongside. The crowd is being restrained behind one of the Monmouth's sailors who in front on the ladder. Officers in their tropical whites can be seen on deck. Ships can be seen at anchor in the distance. From ALB0010.'

An image showing 'A photograph of two men (currently unidentified) sitting either side of the central wheel on a Chinese wheelbarrow, called a 'Liu Ma' (Gliding Horse). The 'driver' is standing between the handles with a cloth yoke running from one handle over his neck to the other handle. In the background on the left are a number of officers in their white uniforms, possibly involved in some sport, and on the right is a wooden and reed-built house. From ALB0010.'

+ -

An album relating to the career of Admiral Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson

A bound photograph album with a broken spine containing 441 prints of various sizes and 58 loose photographs. There are postcards and half tone illustrations included in the collection. This album is made up mostly of personal photographs ands postcards relating to Admiral Donaldson. Most of the album is uncaptioned. Maritime topics featured include: HMS Ariadne (1898), Kent (1901), the sinking of HMS Bedford (1901), sports day on HMS Vernon and firing torpedoes.
There are also topographical views of: Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad, Grenada, Sydney and the Far East.
See also Albums 377, 378, 937.

The items include:

1. HMS ‘Ariadne’ (1898) at sea, starboard quarter
2 & 3. ‘Ariadne’ at Halifax and Quebec, starboard quarter
4. Officers and men of HMS ‘Ariadne’, about 350 individuals.
5. Officers of HMS ‘Ariadne’, about 50 in number, plus 2 dogs and a puma. The photo is annotated by name (including Vice Admiral Sir A Douglas) in manuscript.
6 & 7 Rather distant views of HMS ‘Kent’ (1901)
8, 10 & 16. Puma, presumably from item 5.
19. ‘Ariadne’ at Halifax, starboard quarter
21 ‘Ariadne’ coaling at Bermuda - Repro ID L6076-002
22 to 30 Countermining at Bermuda
31. Gibbs Hill lighthouse at Bermuda
32 to 37 Views of Jamaica
52 & 53 Red House Trinidad, before and after riot.
71. Square at Havanna
95. President’s House, Caracas
96 Interior of President’s House, Caracas
103. Torpedo party, HMS ‘Ariadne’, annotated with the names of most of the 19 individuals, torpedo-related gadgets in the foreground.
112. ‘Ariadne’ starboard bow
116 & 129. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Station, Glace Bay, C.B.
122. Group of 34 officers including Admiral Sir Day H Bosanquet, Captain Archibald G H W Moore and Cdr.Richard Webb on board HMS ‘Ariadne’, at Portsmouth, 1904 or 1905. Annotated, not always legibly.
137. Victoria Bridge, Montreal.
143 to 152 personal items
153 -161. Firing dive torpedo, emergency class, 1906
175 – 202 and 207 -218. HMS ‘Vernon’ sports day, and some unidentified group photos
203 – 206. Galway including Salmon Weir Bridge
223. A football team.
224 – 230. The sinking or wrecking of HMS Bedford (1901) in 1910 at Quelport Island, China Sea.
235 – 302. Mainly in the far east
293 – 298 Several gun batteries, including wreckage at Tungkikuanshan.
299 – 433. Various, mainly unidentified. Including some submarines.
434. RNC Dartmouth, inspection by Prince of Wales, 18th May 1921 neg. 58/3625
435(a) now loose. RNC Dartmouth – Prince of Wales taking salute, 18th May 1921. Neg. no. 58/3627
435 RNC Dartmouth, aerial view, ca. 1919. Neg. 58/3626.

Also, an envelope with a number of postcards and other small prints including:
1. German U-boat breaking surface in a rough sea off Heligoland
2. The German cruiser ‘Dresden’ (1907) on fire off the island of Juan Fernandez March 14 1915.
3. Good aerial view of HMS ‘Nelson’ (1925) at sea, port bow.
4. The sinking of the German battle cruiser ‘Blücher’ (1908) in the North Sea, 24th June 1915
5. A double-width view of Palma, including the cathedral
6. A card of a “village arabe” from May in Morocco to Capt. L Donaldson, HMS ‘Temeraire’, Malta.

And a handcrafted playbill of a variety event staged by HMS 'Monmouth' at Liu Kung Tao.

Back to Search Results

Buy a print License an image

For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.

Object Details

ID:	ALB0010
Type:	Photograph album
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	circa 1903-1921
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 316 mm x 370 mm